# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron monitor no_change ticks affecting failure state handling

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #140178: \[Bug\]: monitor no_change ticks resolve cron failure incidents and reset failure_streak, defeating failure_repeat_alert_hours
- PR #140193: fix(cron): a monitor no_change tick is neutral, not a recovery

These items concern how cron monitor ticks, specifically no_change and suppressed ones, are treated with respect to a job's failure state. One item reports that no_change ticks are treated as recoveries (resolving incidents and resetting failure_streak), and the other two titles propose treating such ticks as neutral.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #140178: \[Bug\]: monitor no_change ticks resolve cron failure incidents and reset failure_streak, defeating failure_repeat_alert_hours

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#140193: fix(cron): a monitor no_change tick is neutral, not a recovery**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `cron/jobs.py`, `cron/scheduler.py`, `cron/scheduler_bookkeeping.py`, `tests/cron/test_monitor_kind.py`
- **#140200: fix(cron): a suppressed monitor tick is neutral for the job's failure state**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#140893`, `#140849`, `#140808`, `#140236`, `#139530`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `cron`